dreidel, n.All

Why did the dreidel go to the doctor?It kept getting dizzy spells.

How can you recognize a Hanukkah hippie?He’s got his hair in dreidel-locks

Dreidel is directly based on the German equivalent of the totum

Dreidel is emblazoned with the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin which represent the four ancient kingdoms that tried to destroy the Jews (1) N = Nebuchadnetzar = Babylon; (2) H = Haman = Persia Madam (3) G = Gog = Greece (4) S = Seir = Rome.

The Dreidel is wrapped in the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin, which, in the Diaspora, means 'a great miracle happened there,'while in Israel the dreidel says nun, gimmel, hey, pey, which means 'a great miracle happened here".

Dreidel is numerologically significant in that the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin in gematria equals 358, the numerical equivalent of mashiach (messiah).

Dreidel is paradoxical in that dreidel, which is an excellent example of cultural assimilation, is used in order to celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah, which celebrates Jewish victory over cultural assimilation.

The Dreidel is said to have been created as a way to secretly study Torah orally via the then-popular gambling game of top-spinning when the Greeks outlawed the study of Torah.

Dreidel is the original fidget spinner

Dreidel is the perfect Jewish game since it involves two of our loves - money and food.

What’s green, spins round, and has wheels?A dreidel. I lied about the wheels.